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Up To 18 Inches Of Snow Falls In First Fall Mountain Snowstorm

Posted: 11:21 am PDT October 27, 2009Updated: 6:23 pm PDT October 27, 2009

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SEATTLE -- A winter storm warning for the west slopes of the Cascades ended Tuesday evening after more snow fell during the day in the season's first significant snowstorm.

Up to 18 inches of snow fell in the area near Stevens Pass, and Snoqualmie Pass got several inches.

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Highway 2 over the mountains was slick but passable with a front-wheel drive vehicle, said reporter Rick Price Tuesday morning.

On Snoqualmie Pass, a KIRO 7 Eyewitness News crew came across an SUV that was flipped over.

"It was a four-wheel-drive truck just went past us on left side, caught water and he just started hydroplaning sideways, went off the road, flipped upside down, landed completely off the road," said Cindy Little, a witness.

The storm moves out Tuesday night, and Wednesday should be dry, said KIRO 7 meteorologist Sam Argier.

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It is a pea soup kind of morning with dense fog and low clouds around Puget Sound. The fog will lift for the afternoon and we will see some more sunshine later today. High temperatures are running in the upper 40s and low 50s this afternoon.

Soak up the sun and dry weather today, because this will be changing for the rest of the week. Wednesday will be our transition day as we move back into a much wetter weather pattern. We will keep it dry for the commute tomorrow morning, but rain will be on the increase during the afternooon and evening. Rain continues Thursday and Friday with wind picking up at times. The wet pattern holds through the upcoming weekend with increasing rain on Saturday and showers on Sunday. High temperatures will be holding in the mid to low 50s through the rest of the week.

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Weather to Expect:
It is a pea soup kind of morning with dense fog and low clouds around Puget Sound. The fog will lift for the afternoon and we will see some more sunshine later today. High temperatures are running in the upper 40s and low 50s this afternoon.

Soak up the sun and dry weather today, because this will be changing for the rest of the week. Wednesday will be our transition day as we move back into a much wetter weather pattern. We will keep it dry for the commute tomorrow morning, but rain will be on the increase during the afternooon and evening. Rain continues Thursday and Friday with wind picking up at times. The wet pattern holds through the upcoming weekend with increasing rain on Saturday and showers on Sunday. High temperatures will be holding in the mid to low 50s through the rest of the week.